Half-timbered houses in the South of Germany

As the car on the photo will show you - this photo is quite old. However the beauty of the half-timbered houses still shines on. These half-timbered houses can be found in the South of Germany - Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.

Young witch

This was a quick sketch which I coloured in with my liquid watercolours. I did the necklace and the chain around the hat with an alcoholbased marker because I liked the contrast between the soft colours of the liquid watercolurs and the strong vivid blue of the marker. 

I am still practising doing very light washes, and not every wash is as light as I wanted it to be. The face is much to reddish-pink, but - as I said - I am still practising.

Summer at the lake

I honestly don't know where and when this photo has been taken. It belongs to the series of digitalized diapositives. The reason why I selected it is the peaceful and quiet atmosphere of this place. Not a single person is on this photo, just a number of boats.

Some dangerous sea plant

This painting was drawn and coloured out of my imagination. What I had in mind was some kind of carnivorous sea plant, with long red slimey fingers to catch little fish. I used my Ecoline and colorex liquid watercolour paints and practised washes and the mixing of hues. I am still having much fun painting and trying out new things (new things at least for me!).

Funny Seacreatures

I had a blast drawing and coloring these cute seacreatures. But besides having fun I also practised layering my liquid watercolours and blending several hues. I used acrylic paint markers to add the marks on the seacreatures.

Fantasy Butterfly

I very much doubt that there is a butterfly in reality like this one. It is an illustration done with alcoholbased markers and I had fun using all those pretty colours. I had begun to work on it some days ago, and didn't finish it because I was playing with my liquid watercolours. But finally I could bear the sight of the unfinished critter anymore and decided to finish it.